Updated January 20, 2024 by the ABC7 Data Team

ABC7 is tracking crime and safety across the city of Chicago and in your neighborhood.


You can choose which crime to examine:

Burglaries
7,429

Last 12 months
Through December 30

Average Burglaries
7,670

Yearly average
2020 to 2022

Burglary Rate
276

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Burglary Rate
284

Per 100,000 people
2020 to 2022


Burglaries over the last 12 months are down 3% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to Chicago Police Department data through December 30.

The city averaged 143 burglaries a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 185 a week.

A closer look at Chicago burglaries neighborhood by neighborhood

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC7’s data team looked at the Chicago Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through December 30, 2023.

The map color codes each neighborhood by the burglary rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with burglary rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of burglaries.

Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.